"Bikin cikar Cocin 'yan'uwa shekara 300 a shekara ta 2008"
(Mayu 2, 2008) — Shin yana yiwuwa cocin da ya karye ya warkar da ɓangarorin al’umma? Fastoci, masana tauhidi, ma’aikatan hidima, malamai, da kuma mutanen cocin ’yan’uwa da na Mennonite sun hadu a Washington, DC, a ranar 11-12 ga Afrilu don tattauna wannan tambaya. "Bridging Divides: Uniting the Church for Peacemaking" an gudanar da shi a Capitol Hill United Methodist Church kuma Ofishin 'Yan'uwa Shaida/Washington da Cibiyar Aminci ta Anabaptist suka shirya.
Masu jawabai da mahalarta taron sun tattauna yadda za a yi mu’amala da wadanda ke da nisa a siyasance, amma a zauna kusa da mu wajen yin ibada kowace Lahadi. Za mu iya samun gama gari duk da haka ya kasance muryar annabci a cikin al'umma?
Wani taron budewa kan "Madogaran Bangaskiyarmu" ta jagoranci Celia Cook-Huffman, W. Clay da Kathryn H. Burkholder Farfesa na warware rikice-rikice kuma farfesa na nazarin zaman lafiya a Kwalejin Juniata a Huntingdon, Pa., da kuma mataimakin darekta na Cibiyar Baker don Zaman Lafiya da Nazarin Rikici; da Nate Yoder, mataimakiyar farfesa a tarihin coci kuma darektan ƙwararren masanin fasaha a cikin shirin addini a Makarantar Mennonite ta Gabas.
Yoder yayi magana game da yadda Ikilisiya, a matsayin jikin Kristi, ta wuce tarihin tarihi da yanayin ƙasa. Ya kuma tattauna ra’ayin cewa an ba Ikilisiya ikon ganewa bisa ga mizani a cikin addu’ar Ubangiji, cewa Mulkin Allah ya zo kuma a yi nufin Allah a duniya kamar yadda ake yin a sama. Sa’ad da ake tattauna tushen bangaskiya guda ɗaya tsakanin Mennonites da ’Yan’uwa, matsayin zaman lafiya shine babban hanyar haɗin gwiwa, in ji shi. A tarihi, majami'u biyu sun yi ƙarfi sosai a kan matsayin zaman lafiya, in ji shi, amma ya tambaya, yaya abin yake a yau?
Cook-Huffman ya jaddada tarihi, al'adu, imani, da al'umma. Al’adar wanƙar ƙafa ta ’yan’uwa tana da mahimmaci na musamman, kamar yadda labarinmu yake. Ta kuma jaddada fitar da rikici a fili, da yin magana a kai, da kuma warware shi cikin lumana. Ta yi magana game da al'umma a matsayin hanyar ci gaba.
Hidimar ibada ta daren Juma'a ta fito da Myron Augsburger, farfesa kuma shugaban kasa a Jami'ar Mennonite ta Gabas. Augsburger ya ce "A gare ni, zurfin yakinin zaman lafiya ya sami tushe a cikin Ubangijin Almasihu, a cikin koyarwarsa da aikinsa na fadada al'adu da duniya na mulkinsa," in ji Augsburger. Ya yi magana game da buƙatar ƙungiyar ecumenical na mutanen da suka himmatu ga rashin tashin hankali. Tare da matakin zaman lafiya, mambobin cocin ’yan asalin jihar ne kuma suna iya kalubalantar ka’idar adalci ta jiha, da kuma ’yan’uwa Kiristoci da ke da wannan ra’ayi, in ji shi.
Chris Bowman, Fasto na Cocin Oakton (Va.) Church of the Brother da kuma tsohon mai gudanar da taron shekara-shekara na Cocin na ’yan’uwa ne ya jagoranci taron cikakken zaman kan “Gyar da Karɓar Jikin Kristi”; da Michelle Armster, shugabar ofishin kwamitin tsakiya na Mennonite akan Adalci da Gina Zaman Lafiya. Bowman yayi magana game da canza da'irar aminci. Da'irar ta Kiristoci a da ita ce coci, amma yanzu mutane suna da da'ira ko sassa daban-daban na tasiri, kuma wasu da'irar sau da yawa ba sa mu'amala da coci sosai, in ji shi. Ya yi magana game da fasto a matsayin sake fasalin da'irar, ƙirƙirar gidan iyali inda bambancin zai iya rayuwa. Armster ya kalubalanci kowa da kowa da ya yi aiki a kan matsayin zaman lafiya da adalci na cocin, kuma ya yi magana game da fasto a matsayin mai gudanar da irin wannan aikin. Ta ce samar da zaman lafiya ya wuce kawai a ce coci coci ce mai zaman lafiya.
Zama na ƙarshe akan “Kiristoci Masu Shiga Duniya” Phil Jones, darekta na Shaidun ’yan’uwa/Washington, da Steve Brown, minista kuma darektan hidimar kulawa a Cocin Community Calvary a Hampton, Va., ikilisiyar Mennonite Church ne ya jagoranta. Amurka Jones ya yi magana game da muhimmancin yin aiki a kan al'amuran lamiri. Ya jaddada gano abin da ke sa ku sha'awar sannan kuma zama mai ba da shawara mai karfi kan wannan batu. Shiga duniya a matsayin majami'ar zaman lafiya mai rai kuma ba kawai cocin zaman lafiya mai tarihi ba shine muhimmin kira. Brown ya tura cocin ya fita ya yi hidima ga al'umma. Ya kuma gayyaci mutane da su fito fili su yi magana kan batutuwan wariyar launin fata, talauci, da tashin hankali. "An kira mu mu zama masu yin kasada, mu wuce bango hudu na ginin cocin," in ji shi.
Ɗaya daga cikin hanyoyin da Jones da Brown suke aiki tare ita ce ta Cocin Supporting Churches, ƙoƙarin tallafa wa majami'u da guguwar Katrina ta lalata. Brown shine mai kula da zaman lafiya da adalci na zamantakewa ga Ƙungiyar Mennonite ta Ba-Amurke, kuma ya jagoranci ƙoƙarin Mennonite don tallafawa majami'u da Katrina ta lalata. Ya taimaki ikilisiyoyin Mennonite don haɗa kai da majami'u a yankin New Orleans don ba da albarkatun kuɗi da haɗin kai. Jones ya haɓaka hidima iri ɗaya a cikin Cocin ’Yan’uwa, kuma ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin gungun mutanen da ke aiki a Cocin Tallafawa Coci waɗanda suke yin taro kowane wata a New Orleans.
Taron ya yi nasara a zukatan wadanda suka halarci taron, kuma fatan shi ne a ci gaba da gudanar da shi duk shekara. Da aka tambaye ta dalilin da ya sa ta halarta, Dana Cassell, ma’aikaciya a Ofishin Ma’aikatar ‘Yan’uwa (BVS) a Cocin ’Yan’uwa, ta ce, “Na zo taron ne domin ina sha’awar yadda cocin ke samun hanyoyin aminci don yin wa’azi. Bakan siyasar – musamman mu a cikin al’adar Anabaptist waɗanda suka zo da tarihin rashin fahimta game da shiga cikin harkokin siyasa.”
Jerry O'Donnell, wani ma'aikacin BVS tare da Cocin na Anabaptist ya ce: "Na zo wannan taron don ƙarin koyo game da gwagwarmayar da muke yi - a matsayin coci da kuma wani ɓangare na ƙungiyar Anabaptist - da fatan in koyi yadda za mu iya warware rarrabuwar mu cikin lumana." hidimar sansanin 'yan'uwa. “Na koya, a sauƙaƙe, cewa mun ɗauki mataki na farko wajen gyara jikin Kristi da ya karye ta wurin haduwa cikin sunansa, muka himmatu ga wata hanyar rayuwa. Aminci na dogon lokaci ana ganin shi azaman ƙarewa ko manufa-wani nau'in kyauta mai nisa. Ina ganin lokaci ya yi da za mu maido da imaninmu cikin kwanciyar hankali a matsayin hanyar da za mu bi.”
–Rianna Barrett abokiyar majalisa ce a Ofishin Shaidun 'Yan'uwa/Washington na Cocin Babban Hukumar 'Yan'uwa.
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